'Giant, shape-shifting stars' spotted near Milky Way's black hole

Objects raise hopes of scientists managing to track ‘blobs’ being swallowed by black holeA number of bizarre shape-shifting objects have been discovered close to the supermassive black hole at the centre of the Milky Way.The blobs are thought to be giant stars that spend part of their orbits so close to the black hole that they get stretched out like bubble gum before returning to a compact, roughly spherical form.Continue reading...

Source: Guardian Unlimited Science - January 15, 2020 Category: Science Authors: Hannah Devlin Science correspondent Tags: Black holes Physics Astronomy Science Space World news Source Type: news